diff --git a/packages/create-app/templates/default-app/packages/backend/Dockerfile b/packages/create-app/templates/default-app/packages/backend/Dockerfile
index f18fa46af2..09024eb44f 100644
--- a/packages/create-app/templates/default-app/packages/backend/Dockerfile
+++ b/packages/create-app/templates/default-app/packages/backend/Dockerfile
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ COPY --chown=node:node .yarnrc.yml ./
 # This switches many Node.js dependencies to production mode.
 ENV NODE_ENV=production
 
+# This disables node snapshot for Node 20 to work with the Scaffolder
+ENV NODE_OPTIONS "--no-node-snapshot"
+
 # Copy repo skeleton first, to avoid unnecessary docker cache invalidation.
 # The skeleton contains the package.json of each package in the monorepo,
 # and along with yarn.lock and the root package.json, that's enough to run yarn install.